swine.

i called my dad on tuesday saying "i think i have the swine flu."
he laughed at me and assured me that i probably had a different kind of "regular" flu. [swine was initially ruled out because i had thrown up that morning... but it was likely because i was coughing too hard. i ate a few hours later and didn't have any more problems, indicating nothing gi.] anyway. i told him my symptoms and he talked to my doctor, who put me on tamiflu.
that evening, my dad drove to reno, picked up my medicine, brought it to me and left saying "i'm leaving the death house now." he came back into the living room shortly after and said "amy, make sure you don't die, otherwise i'll feel really bad about calling this the death house." that's my dad. :]
tonight he called me and said "so. you were right. you most likely have the swine flu."
since i'm feeling a bit better today, i laughed.
apparently, he talked to my doctor a bit more who confirmed that it's most probably swine.

i guess this means i won't have to decide whether or not to get vaccinated?

sadly, it was really bad timing on getting sick since i'm getting back to that overwhelmed feeling with school + work + application stuff.
i'm trying not to worry about it too much because we all know getting stressed and worried doesn't exactly help you get better, but that's easier said than done for a worrier like myself.

in other [way more fun] news...
i'm definitely excited about this since i missed the one over the summer. maybe i'll have better luck attending this one. :]